Wheel spacers are a simple yet effective way to enhance the overall performance of your car. These small but powerful devices can increase stability, handling, and even the aesthetic appeal of your vehicle. In this article, we will explore the best wheel spacers in the market and how they can help improve your car’s performance.
(more…)Unleash the Power: Master the Road with High-Performance Tires for Your Thrilling Ride
When it comes to driving, tires play a crucial role in ensuring your safety and performance on the road. If you own a high-performance vehicle, then you need to make sure that you equip your car with the right set of high-performance tires. Here, we will explore the benefits of high-performance tires and help you understand why they are so important.
What are High-Performance Tires?
High-performance tires are designed to offer superior handling and grip at high speeds. They are specifically engineered to provide better traction, stability, and control than regular tires. They are made from advanced materials that are optimized for high-speed driving, such as specialized rubber compounds, steel belts, and nylon overlays. High-performance tires also have a unique tread pattern that enhances their grip on the road.
(more…)Truck Tires: A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing the Right Ones
Trucks are some of the most versatile vehicles on the road today. They can be used for heavy-duty work like hauling equipment, moving furniture, or carrying construction materials. But to perform all these tasks safely and efficiently, you need the right kind of tires.
Choosing the right truck tires can be a daunting task. There are hundreds of different brands, sizes, and types of tires available, each with their own unique features and benefits. In this guide, we’ll take a closer look at truck tires and help you choose the right ones for your vehicle.
(more…)Unleash Your Car’s True Potential: Performance-Enhancing Wheel Spacers for a Thrilling Ride
Wheel spacers are an excellent way to improve your car’s handling, stability, and appearance. They are designed to widen the stance of your car by pushing the wheels further out from the hub, which can also help improve the overall performance of your vehicle. In this article, we will discuss everything you need to know about high-performance wheel spacers.
What are Wheel Spacers?
Wheel spacers are small metal discs that are placed between the hub of the wheel and the wheel itself. They are used to move the wheels further away from the hub, which can improve the car’s handling and stability. Wheel spacers are available in different thicknesses, which can vary from 1mm to 50mm or more. They can be made of aluminum or steel, and each material has its benefits and drawbacks.
(more…)Roll in Style and Safety: Unveiling the Art of Choosing the Perfect Car Tires
Car tires play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and performance of your vehicle. They are the only contact point between your car and the road, which is why it is essential to choose the right tires for your vehicle and driving needs.
Types of Car Tires
There are several types of car tires available in the market, each designed for different driving conditions and vehicles. Here are the most common types of car tires:
(more…)Unleash Performance and Style with Quality Wheel Spacers: Enhance Your Ride!
If you’re looking to improve the performance of your vehicle, then you might want to consider investing in quality wheel spacers. Not only do they enhance the look of your car, but they also offer numerous benefits when it comes to handling, traction, and stability.
What are Wheel Spacers?
Wheel spacers are small metal discs that are placed between the wheel hub and the wheel itself. The purpose of these spacers is to create extra space between the wheel and the hub, which results in a wider stance for the vehicle. This improves performance and handling by enhancing the vehicle’s stability.
(more…)Winter Tires: A Buyer’s Guide For 2020
Tires designed for excellent traction in extreme winter weather are essential for drivers living in the northern United States and Canada. Tires manufactured with the mountain snowflake symbol are the real deal for driving on icy roads.
The information provided will help give you knowledge about winter tires. It will explain what types of tires are best for rain and snow. These kinds of tires offer about the same gas mileage as all-season tires. The guide will go into some details on what tires to choose from a variety of manufacturers.
(more…)Jordan’s Dodge Ram 2500
Jordan Godkin of Midland, Ontario, considers his Dodge Ram 2500 his pride and joy, and he loves that he can give some joy and excitement to others too. While some people ask him why he’s modified his truck in this way, he says others (children especially) go crazy because it’s something they haven’t seen before—a mini-monster truck.
Jordan, how did you become a gearhead?
I wasn’t really involved in the automotive world until I was 23. I had uncles who owned car shops that I would do little things here and there, but I didn’t have the ambition to learn more. What really got me started was blowing up my 2006 2.0-liter turbo Volkswagen Jetta. Due to failure in my timing chain, it exploded the housing and put a piston into the cam. After that, I began to want to learn more about any and everything that had to do with vehicles. I’m 26 now and still love to learn!
Tell us more about your Ram 2500 – what’s going on under the hood?
I drive a 2005 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9-liter Cummins. This build started with me needing a work truck, and then one thing led to another. Some of my upgrades include: an S&B cold air intake; CTS2 edge tuner; Rough Country 5-inch long arm lift; MBRP 4-inch turbo back exhaust with a 4–6” exhaust tip; and a carbon fiber double scoop hood. His 33” Toyo Open Country tires are wrapped around 22” moto metal buckshot rims.
What are your favourite upgrades? What are you planning on upgrading next?
My favorite modification is the upgraded Mopar steering linkage with the Rough Country stabilizers and steering box brace. Along the way, my motivation behind this build (this is my third vehicle I’ve worked on) has been having fun and learning along the way.
What I have planned next:
- Upgraded transmission
- 80 over injectors
- FASS fuel system
- 80 mm turbo
- Traction bars and steel front and back bumpers
I’d like to give a shout out and thanks to atmosfera.kherson my guy Jordan for locating my beautiful beast; TDot Performance; Joel at Redline; and Adam at Huronia Auto Glass!
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Jim’s Corvette Roadster
Jim Messner lives in Cochrane, Alberta, just outside of Calgary. His C6 Corvette Roadster is his retirement car, and he and his wife love taking their convertible on road trips. Next up: cruising with thousands of other Corvette owners for the National Corvette Caravan, all the way to Bowling Green, Kentucky, the home of the Corvette factory and museum.
Jim, how did you become a gearhead?
I got started with cars because my grandfather was into cars. I guess you could say it’s in our genes! My motivation is that I’ve owned special interest and fast cars all of my life. I raced stock cars most of my adult life and dabbled in drag racing a bit too back in the ’70s.
Tell us more about your Corvette Roadster – what’s going on under the hood?
My 2007 C6 Corvette Roadster has a 6.0-liter engine with 400 hp and 400 ft. lbs. of torque. So far, the mods I’ve done include a Vararam cold air intake and a Corsa cat back exhaust system. Inside, I had the gray interior console parts hydro-dipped to look like carbon fiber.
Although I haven’t entered the Corvette into any formal car shows yet, I go to quite a few car meets and hot rod nights around Calgary.
What are your favourite upgrades? What are you planning on upgrading next?
So far my favorite upgrade is the Corsa exhaust. The factory exhaust was too quiet! I’m planning on more upgrades and it will only be a matter of time before I purchase from TDot. I like that it’s a Canadian company with FREE shipping—makes it so much easier on us car guys!
Some of the next little mods coming up are LED lighting, backup and front-end cameras to avoid damage when parking because this car is really low. I’m also looking to add more hydrographics such as carbon fiber engine covers, a new radar detector (this car does NOT want to do the speed limit for some crazy reason!), and then headers and a new lumpy camshaft. Who knows where it will end?
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Ryan’s Subaru WRX
Ryan Khan from Toronto gives us a sneak peek into his award-winning 2004 Subaru WRX with a V-7 STI conversion. Ryan’s beauty has been transformed to go from street to track, with multiple titles to show for it. His Subaru has won numerous first and second place prizes at the Canadian Sport and Compact Series (CSCS) Show & Shine competition, as well as first place for Best Subaru at the Wheels On The Danforth show.
Ryan, how did you become a gearhead?
I started with a 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX. I learned a lot just taking that car apart and putting it back together and fell in love with the all-wheel-drive aspect.
My car is an extension of me. I built it to how I want it and I didn’t let anyone else Influence my build. Growing up I always wanted to get into Time Attack racing, so I decided to build my car around that dream.
As for the exterior of my Subaru, I chose to go with a custom BMW steel gray paint color, JDM STI rear and front bumpers, a polyurethane front lip, and a Sebion fiberglass hood with a reverse hood scoop.
Tell us more about your WRX – what’s going on under the hood?
The engine is a EJ207 JDM swap—a V-7 that is currently pro-tuned, getting 400 hp and 380 ft. lbs. of torque with no methanol, and 449 hp and 390 ft. lbs. of torque with a 60/40 mix. With a few more tweaks, I’ll be close to my goal of 500 hp.
Other additions include:
- Short Block: Manley extreme duty 2.2 Stroker pistons, Manley H Tuff rods, Darton sleeves, ACL race bearings, etc.
- Heads: GSC Super Alloy Exhaust valves, Beehive titanium springs; titanium retainers, etc.
- Exhaust: Invidia big tube race headers, Forced Performance Green Series stock location turbo, etc.
- Cooling: CSF Aluminum Radwith oil cooler; Aquamist meth injection system; etc.
- Fuel: 1000cc injectors; Walbro 450 pump, parallel fuel line setup
- Brakes: full STI Brembo conversion, stainless steel brake lines, etc.
What are your favourite upgrades? What are you planning on upgrading next?
I don’t have a favourite upgrade. Each upgrade was for a reason—either to make it handle better or to make it faster and more efficient on the track.
I’m looking to invest in better coilovers to improve handling on the track. I’m also considering an even bigger brake kit and two-piece rotors to lighten up the car and for heat distribution.
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